[PATCH v4 3/3] drm/tegra: output: rgb: Support LVDS encoder bridge

Dmitry Osipenko digetx at gmail.com
Fri Apr 17 17:52:38 UTC 2020


Newer Tegra device-trees will specify a video output graph, which involves
LVDS encoder bridge. This patch adds support for the LVDS encoder bridge
to the RGB output, allowing us to model the display hardware properly.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Osipenko <digetx at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/rgb.c | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/rgb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/rgb.c
index 0562a7eb793f..f28a226914c0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/rgb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/rgb.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/clk.h>
 
 #include <drm/drm_atomic_helper.h>
+#include <drm/drm_bridge_connector.h>
 #include <drm/drm_panel.h>
 #include <drm/drm_simple_kms_helper.h>
 
@@ -267,24 +268,63 @@ int tegra_dc_rgb_remove(struct tegra_dc *dc)
 int tegra_dc_rgb_init(struct drm_device *drm, struct tegra_dc *dc)
 {
 	struct tegra_output *output = dc->rgb;
+	struct drm_connector *connector;
 	int err;
 
 	if (!dc->rgb)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	drm_connector_init(drm, &output->connector, &tegra_rgb_connector_funcs,
-			   DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_LVDS);
-	drm_connector_helper_add(&output->connector,
-				 &tegra_rgb_connector_helper_funcs);
-	output->connector.dpms = DRM_MODE_DPMS_OFF;
-
 	drm_simple_encoder_init(drm, &output->encoder, DRM_MODE_ENCODER_LVDS);
 	drm_encoder_helper_add(&output->encoder,
 			       &tegra_rgb_encoder_helper_funcs);
 
-	drm_connector_attach_encoder(&output->connector,
-					  &output->encoder);
-	drm_connector_register(&output->connector);
+	/*
+	 * Tegra devices that have LVDS panel utilize LVDS encoder bridge
+	 * for converting up to 28 LCD LVTTL lanes into 5/4 LVDS lanes that
+	 * go to display panel's receiver.
+	 *
+	 * Encoder usually have a power-down control which needs to be enabled
+	 * in order to transmit data to the panel. Historically devices that
+	 * use an older device-tree version didn't model the bridge, assuming
+	 * that encoder is turned ON by default, while today's DRM allows us
+	 * to model LVDS encoder properly.
+	 *
+	 * Newer device-trees utilize LVDS encoder bridge, which provides
+	 * us with a connector and handles the display panel.
+	 *
+	 * For older device-trees we fall back to our own connector and use
+	 * nvidia,panel phandle.
+	 */
+	if (output->bridge) {
+		err = drm_bridge_attach(&output->encoder, output->bridge,
+					NULL, DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR);
+		if (err) {
+			dev_err(output->dev, "failed to attach bridge: %d\n",
+				err);
+			return err;
+		}
+
+		connector = drm_bridge_connector_init(drm, &output->encoder);
+		if (IS_ERR(connector)) {
+			dev_err(output->dev,
+				"failed to initialize bridge connector: %pe\n",
+				connector);
+			return PTR_ERR(connector);
+		}
+
+		drm_connector_attach_encoder(connector, &output->encoder);
+	} else {
+		drm_connector_init(drm, &output->connector,
+				   &tegra_rgb_connector_funcs,
+				   DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_LVDS);
+		drm_connector_helper_add(&output->connector,
+					 &tegra_rgb_connector_helper_funcs);
+		output->connector.dpms = DRM_MODE_DPMS_OFF;
+
+		drm_connector_attach_encoder(&output->connector,
+					     &output->encoder);
+		drm_connector_register(&output->connector);
+	}
 
 	err = tegra_output_init(drm, output);
 	if (err < 0) {
-- 
2.26.0



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